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An exhibit at Stanford Libraries presents 100 years of Baltic history

Estonian World / April 10, 2018

A new exhibit at Stanford Libraries, called “The Baltic Way”, aims to tell the complicated history of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the 20th century and considers the countries’ prospects and challenges in the 21st. The exhibit, presented in partnership with the Hoover Institution Library & Archives and Stanford Libraries, will open on 10 May […]

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Estonian documentary makers to release a vinyl with Soviet hippie music

Silver Tambur / March 13, 2018

The Estonian filmmakers behind the “Soviet Hippies” documentary that is currently making waves at international film festivals will soon release its soundtrack that was completely based on the music from the Soviet underground. The bare fact that there was a hippie movement in the Soviet Union might come as a surprise for many. But in truth,

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A ballet created in honour of Estonian chess grandmaster Paul Keres

Silver Tambur / March 5, 2018

A new ballet, created in honour of the chess grandmaster, Paul Keres, once the most famous Estonian in the world, will premiere in September at the Estonian National Opera. Once upon a time, Paul Keres (1916-1975) was the most distinguished Estonian around the globe – his fame in the chess circles was comparable to the

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Tallinn to get a museum of communist crimes

Sten Hankewitz / February 16, 2018

The Estonian Institute of Historical Memory has launched the preparation of an international research centre and museum of crimes of communism in Tallinn, Estonia. The centre and the museum are to be established with the support of the government of Estonia and leading remembrance institutions in Germany, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. According to Sergei Metlev,

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Editorial: Attempts to normalise the Soviet occupation of Estonia are deplorable

Estonian World / February 6, 2018

When one of the best and oldest schools in Estonia, the Gustav Adolf Grammar School, is attempting to glamorise the Soviet occupation, it’s a cause for major concern. One would expect that on 10 March – the anniversary of the Soviet Air Force’s bombing of Tallinn in 1944 – any reputable institution in Estonia would

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Beebi Boomers – the children of fate

Andres Simonson / January 11, 2018

Andres Simonson writes about the Beebi Boomers – the children born in the United States, Canada, Australia, Sweden and other countries to native Estonian political refugees who fled the Soviet invasion and the illegal occupation of their fatherland.* In the war-torn Estonia of 1944, two families from disparate parts of the country make a most difficult decision. With a

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The Red Army entering Estonia in October 1939, effectively occupying the country. Today's Russia behaves frighteningly similarly to the Soviet Union in the thirties.

Mart Laar: Hollywood should make a blockbuster about communist crimes

Silver Tambur / December 1, 2017

The former Estonian prime minister, Mart Laar, told Estonian World that the world still avoids talking about the crimes of communism and an international smash would draw attention to the issue. “I’m afraid people still don’t dare to talk about the crimes of communism openly and to the full extent. It is feared that this

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A memorial to the victims of communism to be erected in Canada

Silver Tambur / November 8, 2017

A memorial to the victims of communism is to be erected in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, to serve as a public reminder of the millions of victims of the ideology and movement that once took hold in Russia, China and many other countries – and also once ruined Estonia. Around ten years ago, various community

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Getting high in the Soviet-occupied Estonia

Terje Toomistu / October 30, 2017

The Estonian director Terje Toomistu, who recently completed a documentary about the hippie movement in the Soviet Union, writes about the drug culture behind the Iron Curtain. Throughout history, people have searched for ways to induce altered states of consciousness and thus to expand their perception of the world and its meaning. The Soviet Union

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Estonian documentary about Soviet hippies premieres in Brazil

Estonian World / October 26, 2017

“Soviet Hippies”, an Estonian documentary directed by Terje Toomistu, made its international premiere at the São Paulo International Film Festival on 24 October. The bare fact that there was a hippie movement in the Soviet Union might come as a surprise for many. But in truth, it lasted longer than any other hippie movement in

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